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Greek pronunciation of Phoebe
I tried to find it on the internet and on this board but wasn't able to find it. I guess there is a modern and classic Greek pronunciation? Would someone please tell me? :)Oh and is it right that Zoe is zo-EE?Would Chloe be klo-EE? How about Daphne?Thank you so much!
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About ChloeChloe is pronounced HLO-ee in Greek. There isn't a "K" sound.
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Phoebe = FEE-bee in Modern Greek and most likely FOY-bee in Classic Greek (refer to http://www.foundalis.com/lan/grkalpha.htm )Zoe: zo-EE in Modern Greek (you can hear it here:
http://www.hearnames.com/name-categories/greek-names/page7.html ) and most likely zaw-EE in Classic Greek based on the phonetic I listed)Chloe: KHLO-ee in Modern Greek, and probably KHLO-eh in Classic Greek (based on the phonetics page)Daphne: DAHF-nee in Modern Greek (you can listen to it here: http://www.hearnames.com/name-categories/greek-names/page4.html), and probably DAHF-eh in Classic Greek (based on the phonetics page)
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Thank you! Would you give me the modern Greek spelling of Phoebe? I tried to find it on the internet but only got the classic Greek spelling and if you apply that to the chart the name sounds like FOY-vee (modern). However when I tried the classic Greek spelling with the classic Greek chart I got POY-beh (long e, as in the French é) instead of FOY-bee.

This message was edited 5/1/2010, 6:51 AM

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I should really stop trying to answer these kinds of posts so late at night haha. Phoebe is spelled the same in Modern Greek (Φοίβη) and οι is pronounced as ee in Modern Greek. Phoebe is closer to FEE-vee in Modern Greek. Yes, you're right, it is POY-beh (but with more of an H sound after the P sound, but not like F) in Classic Greek. Oh, I just found someone pronouncing it here: http://www.forvo.com/word/%CF%86%CE%BF%CE%AF%CE%B2%CE%B7/ Anyway, I hope that helps.
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And one more correction... Daphne is THAHF-nee in Modern Greek.
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I Agree with you Marija , toi de acuerdo o sea DAPHNE es THAHF-NEE
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